“Amazing Pollinators,” a new exhibit at the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, offers hands-on (and in costume) learning opportunities. Freya Gulamali fgulamali@newsobserver.com In the night, moon ...

Climate change and rising temperatures pose a major threat to cacao production across the globe, with those impacts already felt in major producers such as Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. A new study ...

In nature, the quest to survive and spread is essential — and that’s certainly true for flowers. We might see them as vibrant harbingers of spring or precursors to juicy tomatoes, but from the ...

In the night, moon flowers — divine, white bodies with heart-shaped leaves — radiate like a star-shaped Christmas tree topper. At the sight of dawn, they collapse. Moon flowers have adapted to the ...